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The Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th Edition 2008, is available from the American Public Health Association, 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 - 3710; phone: (202) 777-2742. 7 AAC 27.011. Reporting of cancer and brain tumors. (a) A hospital, physician, surgeon, or other health care facility or health care provider diagnosing, screening, or providing treatment for a cancer patient in this state shall

(1) report the information specified in (b) of this section to the division not later than six months after the date of diagnosis, screening, or treatment; and

(2) submit cancer case information

(A) electronically to the Alaska Cancer Registry (ACR) if the number of new diagnosed cancers is at least 26 cancer patients per year;

(B) electronically, by mail, or by facsimile transmission to ACR if the number of new diagnosed cancers is not more than 25 cancer patients per year. (b) The following must be provided for each form of in-situ and invasive cancer, with the exception of basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia grade III, and in-situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri, and must be provided for each brain-related tumor, whether malignant or benign, occurring in the brain, the meninges, the spinal cord, the cauda equina, a cranial nerve, the pituitary gland, the pineal gland, the craniopharyngeal duct, or any other part of the central nervous system:

(1) information about the patient, including at minimum the patient’s name, date of birth, sex, race, ethnicity, community of residence, date of diagnosis, primary site, laterality, diagnostic confirmation method, and name of attending or admitting health care provider;

(2) pathological data characterizing the cancer, including the cancer site, histology, behavior, stage of disease, and type of treatment. (c) In this section, “health care facility”

(1) means

(A) a private, municipal, state, or federal hospital;

(B) a hospital operated by an Alaska Native organization;

(C) a psychiatric hospital;

(D) an independent diagnostic testing facility within the meaning given in 7 AAC 07.900;

(E) a residential psychiatric treatment center;